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Cindy Lane

Cindy Lane

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May 10, 2017
By Cindy Lane
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Natives in Bloom – Mangroves

Mangroves, protected by state law, are a haven for juvenile fish, shorebirds and butterflies. This time of year, they produce flowers and seedlings.  
May 10, 2017
By Cindy Lane
AME alumni at MHS reunion

AME alum at MHS reunion

The Manatee High School Class of 1977 enjoyed a breezy 40th reunion at the Gulf Drive Café in Bradenton Beach and the Seafood Shack in Cortez last weekend. Among them, from left, were Anna Maria Elem…
May 10, 2017
By Cindy Lane
Hunters Point

Hunters Point development launched

CORTEZ – The developer of Mirabella in northwest Bradenton has launched the second major development in the past year and a half in Cortez, Hunters Point Resort and Marina. Marshall Gobuty purchas…
May 1, 2017
By Cindy Lane
Long Bar Point mangroves

Aqua by the Bay protesters voice concerns

About 75 people opposed to the Aqua by the Bay development gathered near its entrance on the traffic circle at 75th Street and 53rd Avenue on Saturday afternoon, singing songs and carrying signs…
April 27, 2017
By Cindy Lane
Loggerhead hatchling

Turtle Watch preps volunteers in spring training

HOLMES BEACH – Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring is starting earlier and doing things differently this sea turtle season to safeguard sea turtles better than ever. Volunteer…
April 27, 2017
By Cindy Lane
Turtle nest

Longboat Key goes darker for turtles

LONGBOAT KEY – Turtles will not see as much light on Longboat Key when the town begins enforcing its new turtle lighting ordinance beginning May 1. Like the three Anna Maria Island cities that hav…
April 26, 2017
By Cindy Lane
Aqua by the Bay map

Cortez rises again against Beruff

CORTEZ – The last time Cortezians took on Carlos Beruff, they lined up a 90-year-old woman, several seniors in wheelchairs, grandchildren, babes in their mothers’ arms and a disabled commercial fishe…
April 25, 2017
By Cindy Lane

Uncle George the fashion plate

My uncle George generally looked like he had fallen off the back of a lobster boat and then rolled around in a barn. He wore a battered 7up cap, a grubby grey sweatshirt and green dungarees tucked…
April 25, 2017
By Cindy Lane
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Aqua campaign contributions to county commissioners

All seven Manatee County commissioners – with one apparent exception, Priscilla Whisenant Trace – have received at least $30,500 in total campaign contributions from Aqua by the Bay developers Carlos…
April 19, 2017
By Cindy Lane
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Earth Day cloudy, with silver lining

A few storm clouds are gathering over Earth Day this year, but there’s a silver lining. Manatees The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service downlisted manatees under the U.S. Endangered Species Act fro…
April 10, 2017
By Cindy Lane
sea turtle release

Sea turtle release sets Mike free

Mike the sea turtle is on her way to the wild blue after her Monday release from Bayfront Park in Anna Maria. The female loggerhead sea turtle clumsily lumbered across the sand into the shallows o…
March 24, 2017
By Cindy Lane
Flooded street in Holmes Bea

Elevation certificate could drop insurance costs

To slow rising flood insurance premiums, owners of residential, rental and business properties should consider getting elevation certificates, FEMA advises. Letters are on their way to local mailb…
March 21, 2017
By Cindy Lane
snowy plover

Snowy plovers start bird nesting season

HOLMES BEACH – It’s officially bird nesting season – the first snowy plovers, a threatened species in Florida, have made a nest on Anna Maria Island. The nest is also the first snowy plover nest o…
March 9, 2017
By Cindy Lane
AMI reef

Artificial reef to be built off Anna Maria Island

Manatee County commissioners will spend $60,000 to construct an artificial reef, Borden Reef, about 7 nautical miles southwest of Longboat Pass in the Gulf of Mexico, to be completed by Aug. 10…
March 9, 2017
By Cindy Lane

January tourist tax collections down

Tourist tax collections were down in all three Anna Maria Island cities in January compared to January 2016. Municipality                         2017                2016            Approximate ch…